Spain declares national emergency over wildfires near Madrid and in Avila
More than 10,000 people were evacuated as the Interior Ministry took charge of firefighting efforts under Spain’s national emergency law.
- Wildfires sweeping through Southern Europe forced thousands to flee on Thursday as extreme heat and strong winds fanned blazes across France, Spain, and Italy, killing three firefighters.
- Climatologists from the World Weather Attribution group reported today that European droughts are now more severe, while firefighter captain Wilfried Schneider described the fire's intensity as "rare."
- Around Bordeaux, more than 20,000 people have been evacuated since Wednesday, while hundreds of firefighters battle a wildfire in Guadalajara, Spain, that has burnt about 32,000 hectares.
- Spanish authorities ordered 3,500 people in a town near Madrid to evacuate late Thursday, while Belgian tourist Elke Urbain said, "We were on the beach and they told us to go back to the campsite to collect our things."
- Civil protection chief Virginia Barcones warned that some fires burn so intensely firefighters stand "no chance," telling Spanish radio, "Climate change is what kills, what destroys our villages and our natural and cultural heritage.
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Spain must declare the national emergency, the fires are increasing dramatically around the capital. Is there too much savings in prevention?
Some 19,000 people have been evacuated. The central government has taken control of the operations and declared the state of national emergency. The European Civil Protection Mechanism has also been activated. ...
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The fires that are raging simultaneously in the Madrid region, less than 100 km from the center of the Spanish capital, are "still not controlled or contained" this Friday, while weather conditions complicate the task of relief, the local authorities announced. Follow our direct.
Spain continues to be ravaged by wildfires this Friday in one of the worst seasons on record. Following the La Mierla fire in Guadalajara (now stabilized after burning more than 30,000 hectares), two large fires that have merged in Madrid and Ávila are now consuming all the efforts of emergency services. The fires that originated in Almorox and San Martín de Valdeiglesias have joined together into a single front that has already burned some 6,00…
In Spain, Prime Minister Sanchez evokes a "dramatic situation" in the west of the capital, Madrid.
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